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What you need to know: operations: June 17, 2020

As demand declined and governments around the world restricted travel, adjusted their operations and, in some cases, suspended all services. As restrictions ease, airlines are rebuilding their operations. This report summarizes what airlines in Europe are doing and planning.

Major airline groups

Airline Action and plans Air -KLM Restoring services, with 40% of normal capacity across 80% of its pre-COVID-19 network operating by August IAG 90% cut in capacity in April and May. BA’s City and Gatwick operations grounded. IAG planning for resumption of 50% of capacity in July KLM Intercontinental network scaled back to 13 destinations. Daily flights to eight European destinations resumed on May 4 Group Capacity across member airlines cut by 95% until May 31. Ramping up domestic and international schedule during June. Service restored to 90% of short-haul and 70% of long-haul destinations by September.

Air France restoring 80% of network by August From March 16, and KLM began implementing capacity cuts of between 70% and 90%, which the two airlines scheduled to last for two months. Air France scaled back its scheduled operations, offering flights from at reduced frequencies to the following destinations:1

• Domestic – Marseille, Nice, Toulouse • Overseas Départements – Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint-Denis de la Réunion • Europe – , , , , Dublin, Edinburgh, , , , London, , , , Zurich • – , Cotonou, Dakar • Asia – • – , Mexico City, Montreal, New York • – , São Paulo During June, Air France will operate 20% of its normal schedule and will gradually ramp up its flying program. By August, it aims to be operating 40% of its normal capacity across 80% of its network. The airline is prioritizing its domestic network, before resuming a large part of its long-haul services. In July and August, Air France will resume domestic flights from Paris to 18 destinations. It will restart 10 routes to French overseas territories, including Reunion and French Polynesia, as well as to Caribbean destinations, such as Cuba and Santo Domingo.

1 Air France, April 30, 2020

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Air France flights will also return to more than 60 European cities during July and August. It will also restart flights to three Middle Eastern destinations, including Dubai, six in Africa, five in North America, five in Central and South America, and nine cities in Asia, including , Delhi, Singapore and Tokyo IAG cutting April and May capacity by 90% IAG, the parent company of , , , and , initially planned to cut capacity by at least 75% during April and May.2 IAG chairman Willie Walsh believes underlying demand would probably justify a less significant reduction in capacity, but government travel restrictions mean the cuts must be this severe. It is grounding surplus aircraft and is considering accelerating older aircraft retirements, including 747-400s and A340-600s. Both aircraft sub-fleets have been fully depreciated. British Airways worked with the U.K. government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) to continue flying where travel restrictions allow.3 With the closure of from March 26, British Airways’ remaining services from the facility have been grounded until the end of April.4 BA’s subsidiary BA CityFlyer had been the airport’s largest operator, operating 25 routes and accounting for 53% of all departures. From the end of March, British Airways also suspended all remaining scheduled flights from London , from where it had previously flown to 75 destinations. It continues to operate a limited schedule from London Heathrow.5 With British Airways (BA) scaling back its operations, IAG has raised its capacity cuts for April and May from 75% to 90%. From April 8, these cuts included BA’s services to from London to Japan. The airline suspended until the end of April double-daily services to Tokyo Haneda and four-times-weekly services to Osaka, after the Japanese government banned U.K. and most European passport holders from entering the country. IAG is planning a “meaningful” return to service in July, with passenger capacity at 50% of 2019 levels. This plan remains highly uncertain and depends on the easing of lockdowns and travel restrictions. KLM resuming short-haul services From March 29 until May 3, KLM had planned to fly to 25 intercontinental and 32 European destinations, although at much reduced frequencies. It expected to operate around 10% of the normal number of flights during this period. As travel restrictions evolved, KLM continued to scale down its European network. By May 3, KLM was also operating passenger flights to just 13 intercontinental destinations:6

• Asia: Bangkok, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo Narita • Latin America: Curaçao and São Paulo • Americas: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York JFK,

2 IAG, March 16, 2020 3 British Airways, March 25, 2020 4 International Flight Network, March 26, 2020 5 The Guardian, March 31, 2020 6 KLM, April 28, 2020

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From May 4, KLM resumed -operated daily services from Amsterdam to eight European destinations: Barcelona, , , Madrid, , Prague, and . 7 The airline plans to gradually reopen more routes, subject to measures being taken by authorities at the destinations, to eventually rebuild its schedule to 15% of its pre-COVID-19 level. The airline has made the wearing of face masks compulsory during boarding and on all flights across its entire network from May 11 until at least August 31, 2020. Passengers are responsible for providing their own face masks. restoring most of network by September On March 19, Lufthansa Group announced a 95% reduction in capacity across member airlines. , and Airlines all entirely suspended their operations. Lufthansa discontinued long-haul flying from Munich, while maintaining limited long-haul services from Frankfurt. Its basic long-haul service until May 3 comprised: three weekly services to Newark, Chicago, Montreal, Sao Paulo, Bangkok and Tokyo.8 It also continued to offer approximately 50 daily connections from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs to key cities in and Europe. While Lufthansa extended its reduced schedule by two weeks to May 31, it restored service to more destinations. From May 18, Lufthansa doubled domestic flights from Munich. It also added Athens, Gothenburg and to the list of international destinations served from Frankfurt. Lufthansa ramped up its schedule during June.9 Together with and SWISS, Lufthansa aims to operate 1,800 weekly frequencies to 106 German and European destinations and over 20 long-haul destinations. In the first half of June Lufthansa is resuming service to 19 short haul destinations: • Frankfurt: Hannover, Mallorca, Sofia, Prague, Billund, Nice, Manchester, Budapest, Dublin, , Krakow, and Kiev • Munich: Münster/Osnabrück, Sylt, Rostock, , Zurich, Brussels and Mallorca More long-haul routes will join Lufthansa’s existing offering of flights to Bangkok, Chicago, Newark, Sao Paulo and Tokyo:

• Frankfurt: Abuja, Bahrain, Dubai, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Mumbai, Port Harcourt, Riyadh, , Toronto • Munich: Chicago, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv By September, Lufthansa plans to offer 90% of its originally planned short- and medium-haul destinations and 70% of its long-haul destinations.10 It will operate 1,800 weekly short- and medium-haul connections. Lufthansa will serve 102 destinations and 88 from Munich. It will also fly 100 times a week to destinations in North America, 90 per week to Asia, more than 20 to the Middle East, and more than 25 to Africa.

7 KLM, May 4, 2020 8 Breaking Travel News, April 3, 2020 9 Lufthansa, May 14, 2020 10 Lufthansa, June 4, 2020

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Medium airlines

Airline Action and plans Rebuilding domestic services from May 18 and international from May 31 Most international services suspended until April 23 or 30 Air All flights suspended until April 30 Resuming some domestic and international services in June Austrian Airlines Mainly short-haul services to resume from June 15 AZAL Airline grounded until May 31 Resuming reduced schedule from June 15, with 59 routes operated by August Planning to restart European and Asian flights from July 1 During June and July, expanding current network of ten short-haul and a single long- haul route SAS Resuming 23 international routes during June Swiss Operating minimized schedule. Resuming short- and long-haul services during June TAP Air Resuming limited flights from June 1, targeting 20% of normal schedule by July Resuming services to five destinations from July 20

Aegean rebuilds schedule To comply with travel restrictions imposed by its home country, the and other states, Greek carrier Aegean Airlines suspended all international flights from March 26 initially until April 30, except for a small number of weekly services linking Athens with Brussels. During the suspension period Aegean continued to operate a limited service on its domestic network. From May 18, Aegean will gradually expand domestic services, increasing capacity to , , and Alexandroupolis.11 From May 25, it will add flights to Rhodes, , Mytilene, Chios, Samos and other domestic destinations. By the end of May, Aegean aims to restore international operations to some European destinations. Initial destinations served from Athens will include hubs Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Geneva, joining existing services to Brussels. From June 15, Aegean Airlines will restart operations from Thessaloniki, initially resuming flights to Munich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, , and Tel Aviv. 12 During the month, Aegean will also grow its domestic network to include Heraklion, Chania, Rhodes, Mytilini, Kos, Samos, Chios, Limnos and Kalamata. Aeroflot suspends most international services Starting March 17, Aeroflot began temporarily suspending flights from Moscow to 29 destinations. 13 All suspensions were in place by March 24, with most remaining until April 23. Flights to Antalya, Baku,

11 Breaking Travel News, May 15, 2020 12 Aegean Airlines, May 27, 2020 13 Aeroflot, March 25, 2020

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Bucharest, Budapest, Dubai, Hanoi, Havana, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Lisbon, Los Angeles, , Phuket, Tallinn, and Washington DC are not due to resume until April 30. Aeroflot continues to operate from Moscow to the following European destinations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, Geneva, London, Madrid, Paris and Rome. suspends all flights Air Serbia has suspended all flights from March 19 until the end of April, but it may extend the duration of this suspension.14 Alitalia resuming services in June From 9 March, Alitalia responded to government measures to contain COVID-19 with a reorganization of its flight schedule. From March 16, following the temporary closure of Milan , Alitalia’s domestic flights to and from Milan have operated solely from the city’s Malpensa Airport. As the Italian government also closed Malpensa’s Terminal 1, Alitalia passengers must check in for flights at the airport’s Terminal 2. Alitalia also suspended all international flights from Malpensa and retained Rome as the only destination served from Marco Polo airport. Alitalia will rebuild its schedule during June, operating 36% more flights than in May. 15 Its schedule changes include:

• Milan Malpensa – in addition to its existing schedule of eight daily flights to Rome, Alitalia resume service to six domestic destinations: tow daily flights to Bari, Catania and Palermo and four daily flights to Alghero, Cagliari and . • Rome Fiumicino – Alitalia has already raised frequency to Cagliari from four to six flights per day. From May 21, service to Catania and Palermo increased from six to eight flights per day. During June, Alitalia will expand its domestic network further, adding flights to Alghero, Bologna, Bari, , Lamezia Terme, Milan, Naples, Olbia, Pisa, and Venice. From June 2, it will also resume international services to Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris and Zurich. All passenger flights will be operated at half seat capacity to comply with Italian regulations on social distancing. Any further expansion of the airline’s schedule will depend on demand and the relaxation of international travel restrictions. By the third quarter of 2020, Alitalia plans to operate 40% of its pre- COVID-19 flying program. Austrian Airlines plans mid-June restart At the start of March, Austrian cancelled one-fifth of its flying schedule, with further adjustments announced on March 11. As the situation deteriorated, it terminated all regular scheduled flights until further notice from March 19. The airline then announced a series of extensions to its grounding. Austrian Airlines now plans to resume scheduled services to 27 mostly European cities from June 15.16 By the end June it aims to be serving a network of almost 40 destinations. Passengers must wear their own

14 Air Serbia 15 Alitalia, May 20, 2020 16 Austrian Airlines

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face masks onboard and will be required to social distance in the cabin where possible. The airline will not leave seats free on full flights. From June 15, Austrian will start flying from Vienna to Amsterdam, Athens, Basel, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, , , Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, , Larnaca, London, Munich, Paris, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Varna and Zurich. It will add ten more cities from June 22: , Graz, Innsbruck, Kiev, Kosice, Milan, Nice, Prague, Split and Warsaw. AZAL grounded AZAL () and low-cost subsidiary Buta Airways initially responded to COVID-19 with a program of intense cleaning and disinfection of aircraft and passenger screening. By March 26, AZAL had scaled back its international operation to flights from Baku to London Heathrow and Moscow. 17 Other than operating repatriation flights, AZAL has been grounded since April 5. The resumption of domestic and international flights will depend on when destination countries reopen their borders to travel.18 Azerbaijan is currently under a lockdown due to last until May 31.19 Brussels Airlines resuming service on June 15 Brussels Airlines shut down all services on March 21. It intends to start operating a reduced schedule on June 15, building up operations in a phased approach according to market demand and travel restrictions.20 From June 15, the airline will launch 20 routes, with a further 39 added by August: 21 • June 15: , Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Catania, Copenhagen, Faro, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille, Naples, Nice, Porto, Prague, Rome, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna • June 22: Banjul, Dakar, Dubrovnik, Geneva, Heraklion, Hurghada, , Kinshasa, Kos, , London, Lyon, Milan, , Paris, Rhodes, Tenerife • July: Abidjan, Accra, , Cotonou, Douala, Entebbe, Florence, Hamburg, Kigali, , Lomé, Manchester, Monrovia, New York, , Palermo, Stockholm, Toulouse, Vilnius, Warsaw, Yaoundé • August: Bujumbura Finnair plans July restart of flights From April 1 until June 30, Finnair has maintained a limited domestic schedule, operating flights from Helsinki to Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Mariehamn.22 It has also continued European services to Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Tallinn and Zurich. It suspended flights to all other European and long-haul destinations. During July, Finnair plans to operate 30% of its normal schedule, adding back frequencies and routes. In Europe, it will focus on key cities, reconvening services on July 1 to Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Geneva, Hamburg, Malaga, Manchester, Oslo, Prague, Riga, St

17 Azernews, March 27, 2020 18 AZAL 19 , May 1, 2020 20 Brussels Airlines, May 14, 2020 21 Brussels Airlines, May 25, 2020 22 Finnair

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Petersburg, Vilnius and Vienna.23 It will also restart domestic services from Helsinki to and Vaasa. Flights to Ivalo and Kittila will follow in August, and to Kuusamo and Tampere in September. Long-haul services will also resume in July to key Asian destinations Bangkok, Beijing, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo. Subject to government approval, Finnair also intends to restore service to Hong Kong and Shanghai. From August, Finnair will restart flights to Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Rome and Warsaw, as well as long- haul services to Delhi and New York. Icelandair operating reduced schedule By March 23, Icelandair was operating just 14% of its flight schedule. It is currently operating flights from Reykjavik to ten European destinations (current weekly frequencies in brackets), but it will be increasing frequencies through July 19. During June and July, it will also be adding more European destinations to its network. • Current: Amsterdam (4), Berlin (3), Copenhagen (9), Frankfurt (3), London (2), Munich (2), Oslo (4), Paris (3), Stockholm (3), Zurich (3) • Planned: Billund (2), Brussels (3), Dublin (2), Düsseldorf (2), Glasgow (2), Hamburg (1), Helsinki (2), Madrid (1) Icelandair serves a single long-haul destination, with twice-weekly flights to . By mid-July, it will have increased its long-haul network to eight cities.

• Current: Boston (2) • Planned: Chicago (4), Denver (2), Minneapolis (3), New York JFK (5), Seattle (4), Toronto (4), Washington (4) With Iceland officially reopening its borders on June 15, Icelandair plans to revise its flight schedule from July 1. This may include new flights to destinations in , Norway, , France, Germany, the and Swizterland.24 SAS resuming some operations in June With demand for international air travel “essentially non-existent,” SAS suspended most of its operations and temporarily reduced its workforce by 90%. From March 16, the airline virtually grounded itself. It was able to maintain its domestic network in Norway. As countries begin to ease their travel restrictions, SAS plans to resume some suspended flights in June. 25 From June 15, it will restart flights from Copenhagen to ten destinations and to four from Stockholm Arlanda airport:

• Copenhagen: Brussels, Düsseldorf, Faroe Islands, Milan, Munich, Palanga, Reykjavik, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Vilnius • Stockholm: Athens, Palma de Mallorca, Ostersund, Visby From June 20, SAS will resume flying on none more routes:

23 Finnair, May 18, 2020 24 Breaking Travel News, June 15, 2020 25 SAS, May 27, 2020

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• Copenhagen: Athens, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Malaga, Nice, Split • Oslo: Split • Stockholm: Nice, Thessaloniki Swiss resuming services during June Following the lead of other Lufthansa Group carriers, Swiss scaled back its operations to a “minimized” schedule. It continued to fly to selected European cities and a total of just three weekly long-haul flights to Newark from Zurich and Geneva. Swiss aimed to maintain service on a minimum number of routes for as long as possible, so that it is well placed to resume services as soon as the situation improves. Swiss is planning to resume services in June to the Mediterranean and major European cities, including Paris, Brussels and Moscow. The airline also plans to reintroduce long-haul services from Zurich to Bangkok, Chicago, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Mumbai, New York JFK and Tokyo. TAP Air Portugal resuming flights As Portugal continues with the easing of its lockdown, national airline TAP Air Portugal (TAP) is resuming services.26 On June 4, TAP will resume service to North America, restarting twice-weekly flights from Lisbon to Newark. In July, it will add twice-weekly service to Boston, Miami and Toronto. The airline also plans to add three new North American routes: Ponta Delgada-Boston (July 1), Ponta-Delgada-Toronto (July 2) and Lisbon-Montreal (July 30). Starting in July, TAP Air Portugal plans to be operating 247 weekly flights – about 20% of its pre-COVID- 19 schedule. It will resume domestic services and flights across Europe to 21 destinations: Brussels, Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, London, Dublin, Paris, Nice, Lyon, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, , Malaga, , Stockholm, Copenhagen, Milan and Rome. 27 Long-haul destinations will include Recife and Fortaleza in and six points in Africa: Dakar, , , Praia, Sao Vicente and Sao. Virgin Atlantic to serve five destinations from July Virgin Atlantic had been planning to resume some services in July. However, it then indicated it would not restart flights until at least August due to the U.K. government’s imposition of a 14-day quarantine on international arrivals from June 8.28 It has since reverted to its previous plan, aiming to restore some services from July 20, with more routes added in August. During July, Virgin will resume passenger services from London Heathrow to Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York JFK, Orlando and Shanghai.

26 Business Travel News, May 28, 2020 27 Travel Agent Central, May 26, 2020 28 Business Travel News, May 27, 2020

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Low-cost carriers

Airline Action and plans easyJet Restoring 50% of network in July and 75% in August, but at 30% of normal capacity. Resumed some flying in June Eurowings Rebuilding Mediterranean flights from May Jet2 Airline shut down until July 15 Norwegian Resuming some short-haul routes from July 1 Pobeda All flights suspended until the end of May Most of network to reopen on July 1 Entire fleet grounded Flights suspended to many markets for at least two weeks. Resuming some flights from London from May 1, and from Lviv, Kharkiv and Vienna from July easyJet restoring network in July and August Because of country lockdowns, travel restrictions and changes to travel advice across its network, easyJet grounded the majority of its fleet from March 24.29 The airline had planned to operate a minimal schedule of essential services on some U.K. routes, operated at a maximum of 10% of usual capacity. By March 30, easyJet had grounded all remaining aircraft in response to the implementation of national lockdowns and travel restrictions.30 On May 21, easyJet announced plans to resume flying from June 15 primarily with domestic flights within France and the U.K, where it believes there is sufficient demand to support profitable flying. 31 As demand increases, it will announce more routes. EasyJet resumed flights on June 15, operating domestic and international flights from France, , Portugal, and the U.K.32 Most flights operated during June will be domestic. The airline to restore 50% of its 1,022 routes in July, rising to 75% in August. Capacity will be limited to around 30% of its normal schedule.33 Eurowings rebuilding Mediterranean operation Eurowings is expanding its operations from Düsseldorf, /Bonn, Hamburg and Stuttgart, gradually adding 15 destinations from May onwards. It’s focusing on the Mediterranean region with flights to , , Portugal and .

29 easyJet, March 20, 2020 30 Breaking Travel News, March 30, 2020 31 easyJet, May 21, 2020 32 Breaking Travel News, June 15, 2020 33 Business Travel News Europe, June 3, 2020

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Jet2 shut down until July 15 U.K. low-cost and leisure carrier Jet2 initially cancelled all flying until May 1. By April 7, it had extended the grounding until June 17. In June, because of ongoing travel restrictions, Jet2 further extended its grounding until July 15.34

Norwegian restarting services in July Norwegian initially cancelled 15% of its schedule from mid-March until mid-June. By March 16, it had announced more significant cuts effective March 21. Most of its fleet is now grounded.35 Norwegian expected this hibernation phase – 95% of its aircraft are currently grounded, with just eight used to operate 13 state-supported domestic services – to continue until summer 2021.36 During 2021, it would gradually ramp up its core short-haul routes and only resume its most profitable long-haul routes once there is sufficient demand. On June 17, Norwegian announced an earlier-than-expected resumption of service scheduled for July 1, 2020.37 During July, it plans to operate 76 routes across Europe from its Scandinavian hubs. New services will include Oslo-London (seven per week), Oslo-Edinburgh (two), Copenhagen-London (six) and Copenhagen-Edinburgh (two). Norwegian will also serve destinations in Greece, Spain and key European cities, as it returns 12 aircraft to service.38 Pobeda halts all flights Aeroflot low-cost unit Pobeda has suspended all flights from April 1 until the end of May. The carrier has been affected by a halt to international air travel from March 27 and the temporary suspension of mass recreational events. Ryanair reinstating network from July Ryanair grounded most flights from March 24, offering its aircraft to European Union governments for rescue and other essential missions. Ryanair did not expect to operate any regular services until June at the earliest. On May 12, Ryanair announced plans to reinstate flights across 90% of its network from the beginning of July, although it will start by operating just 40% of its normal flying schedule. Resumption is subject to the lifting of government restrictions on inter-EU services and the introduction of public health measures at airports. Volotea grounds fleet Spain’s fourth-largest airline Volotea has grounded its entire 33-aircraft fleet until at least April 8. This is in response to the collapse in demand and national curfews and regulations limiting air traffic, such as the virtual prohibition of passenger flights to the Balearic Islands except for repatriation purposes.

34 Breaking Travel News, June 10, 2020 35 Norwegian, March 24, 2020 36 Anna.aero, April 28, 2020 37 Breaking Travel News, June 17, 2020 38 Norwegian, June 17, 2020

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Wizz Air rebuilding services after suspending most flights Central European low-cost carrier Wizz Air suspended flights in many markets:

• Albania – flights suspended until April 3 • – flights suspended from March 17 until April 3 • - flights suspended from March 17 until April 3 • Georgia – flights to France, Germany and Spain suspended until April 3; flights to the U.K. suspended until April 20 • Italy – all flights suspended until further notice • Israel – due to travel restrictions, all flights suspended until further notice • Kosovo – flights suspended from March 17 until April 3 • – flights suspended from March 17 until April 14 • – flights suspended from March 17 until March 30 • Moldova – all flights suspended from March 15 until further notice • – flights suspended from March 15 until March 28 • Russia – all flights suspended from March 23 until April 3 at the earliest • Ukraine – all flights suspended from March 17 until April 3 With around 85% of its planned capacity now suspended, Wizz Air has warned that the grounding of its entire fleet remains a real possibility. It is now only operational in , and . After introducing additional hygiene measures to ensure the health and safety of customers and crew, Wizz Air reopened its London Luton base from May 1.39 It is offering departures to eight points in Romania: Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Craiova, Isai, Suceava, Targu Mures, Satu Mare and Timisoara. Customers can also fly to Budapest, Belgrade, Bratislava, Kosice, Lisbon, Tenerife and Tel Aviv. Wizz Air plans to rebuild its schedule from July, resuming service on existing routes and launching some new routes:4041

• London Luton – Corfu, Faro, Heraklion, Rhodes, Zakynthos, Marrakech (October) • Vienna – Bourgas, Charleroi, Constanta, Herkalion, Rhodes, Tallinn, Zakynthos, Marrakech (October) • Lviv – Billund, Hamburg, Lisbon, Szczecin, Tallinn • Kharkiv-Berlin, Tallinn

Regional carriers

Airline Action and plans airBaltic Flights slowly resuming from May 18 Air Dolomiti All services from Italy to Germany, except one daily flight, suspended Regional All services suspended from April 6 until May 31. Company in administration Gradually resuming flights to 7 destinations, with more to follow in June

39 Breaking Travel News, April 27, 2020 40 Anna Aero, May 1, 2020 41 Anna Aero, May 6, 2020

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airBaltic resumes flying With the Latvian government suspending international travel from March 17 to all but Latvian nationals and returning residents, airBaltic suspended flights from both Estonia and Latvia until April 14, subsequently delaying its relaunch until May 12.42 AirBaltic resumed scheduled operations on May 18 from Riga to Tallinn and Vilnius, with flights from Riga to Amsterdam restarted on May 25.43 It has also rescheduled the start of services to Hamburg (June 1), Vienna (June 8) and Düsseldorf (June 9), with Helsinki, Munich and Berlin also in its relaunch pipeline. Expecting demand to remain depressed for some time, when it resumes operations, airBaltic will do so gradually, and will only operate 50% of its original schedule until the end of October. 44 Air Dolomiti effectively grounded Lufthansa’s Italian regional subsidiary Air Dolomiti has suspended almost all flights, initially until April 19. The -based carrier operates feeder flights to Lufthansa’s hubs at Frankfurt and Munich from a number of Italian airports, including Bari, Bologna, Florence, Milan, Pisa, Turin, Venice and Verona. Air Dolomiti intends to operate a single daily return flight from to Frankfurt in order to maintain an air bridge between northern Italy and Germany. Braathens Regional halts all flights Swedish airline Braathens Regional suspended all services from April 6 until the end of May. Following the Swedish government’s call for people not to travel inland, it saw domestic demand dwindle. Having previously suspended nine domestic routes, Braathens grounded its remaining ten domestic and eight international routes. As a result of the grounding, Braathens applied to enter reorganization proceedings, under which a court-appointed administrator would determine the company’s viability. Luxair gradually restarting flights On March 23, Luxair suspended all flights from Luxembourg, as many of its destination markets implemented flight bans to varying degrees. Luxair had planned to restart flights on April 20, but it subsequently delayed the resumption of services until May 30.45 Luxair began the gradual resumption of flights on May 29, restarting services to Faro, Hamburg, Lisbon, Munich, Porto and Stockholm, with Berlin following on June 1.46 The airline will announce more routes on June 3.

42 airBaltic, April 30, 2020 43 Business Travel News Europe, May 22, 2020 44 Breaking Travel News, April 6, 2020 45 Cirium, April 21, 2020 46 Luxair, May 27, 2020

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